Renovated University Union spaces consolidate several student services offices

The 18+-month renovation to the north end of the University Union was completed, with a number of student services moving into the updated spaces in March. The offices that are now located off of the atrium and adjacent to The MarketPlace include:

    • The Steven Fleishman ’91 and Judith Garzynski Fleishman ’90 Center for Career and Professional Development, renamed and relocated from the basement of the Glenn G. Bartle Library to the first floor of the Union
    • The Center for Civic Engagement, returned to the first floor of the Union after being temporarily relocated to the Library during
    • EOP Offices, relocated to the second floor of the Union from its longtime location in the Student Wing
    • TRiO Program Offices, relocated from the basement of Old Champlain Hall to the second floor of the Union
    • EOP and Student Support Services Tutoring Center, relocated from the Library and Old Champlain Hall
    • The Office of External Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards and the Undergraduate Research Center, relocated from College-in-the-Woods
The new entrance to the area, an enlarged atrium created by extending the building’s entrance over a former outdoor area, also includes a direct entrance into The MarketPlace and an information desk.

Student services offices

“We are very excited to be opening a new Center for Career and Professional Development in the hub of campus,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Rose. “One of the services that students and parents have been telling us they would like to be strengthened and more visible is the career services area. We now have a very attractive space for the career center in a great location that will work well together with other Union spaces, from The MarketPlace to meeting and conference rooms.”

Through the generosity of a donor, the University has been able to add high-end conference and educational space as well as technological features to support remote interviewing and informational programs with Binghamton alumni across the world, Rose said. “We look forward to bringing a new director for the office on board in June and adding to the existing staff as we commit to improving the career and professional development support we provide our students.”

The new EOP and Student Support Services Tutorial Center is equipped so that students in those programs will find it more comfortable and convenient with a larger, more modern, dedicated computer lab and technologically supported learning spaces. “We are confident it will become a gathering spot for students in both programs and that the sense of community they already provide will be further enhanced,” Rose said.

The Center for Civic Engagement provides more space for student-staff and student-led projects. “By placing it in the heart of campus we hope to continue to attract more students to engagement programs,” Rose added.

The Office of External Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards, along with the Undergraduate Research Center, now have dedicated space to relieve some of the crowding that existed in their prior location in the CIW Commons where multiple programs share space.

“Having all of these critical, student-support offices located adjacent to one another will provide many more opportunities for students and better connect these programs and services,” Rose said. “And we hope students will enjoy the new atrium space as a sheltered meeting point and way-finding space for access to all of the new and old spaces in the University Union.”